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DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (DeKUT)

Meru, Meru, Kenya • 201 - 500 Employees
Higher Education

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) was established under the University's Act 2012 by the Government of Kenya in December 2012. It is a Public University that focuses exclusively on Technology. It is the successor of Kimathi University College of Technology (KUCT), a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), that was established in 2007. The University offers a wide range of programmes both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in various Schools and Institutes. The programmes offered by the University are approved by the Senate and the various designated bodies like Engineers Board of Kenya (CBK) and Commission for University Education (CUE) that was established by the government of Kenya through the Commission for University Education Act, 2010.DeKUT recognises research as a pillar of both institutional and national development and its strategic focus is to provide technological education and create unique structures for research,innovations, extension and technology transfer. Thus, Research and Innovation, Linkages and Technology Transfer are key result areas in the University's Strategic plan for 2014-2019. In line with her vision of being a Premier Technological University excelling in Quality Education, Research and Technology transfer, DeKUT intends to establish a Science and Technology Park as per the Ministry of Education's Master Plan for Science and Technology Parks in Kenya, the second of the kind will be established at Konza City. This new development will help build on the existing University Innovation and Incubation Hub (DeHUB) to a very great extent and take the University to a point of strength in living her Vision.The management of DeKUT envisages that this institution will emerge as a unique technological University with a major impact on national development when it implements most of her development plans embedded in her vision whose blueprint is vision 2030.